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National Park of Lanin - February/March 2010
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The Volcano Lanin: 3,747 m (12,293 ft)
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Within the park is located the famous Lanín volcano, with its cone shape and snowy top. Lanín volcano is surrounded by beauty in the form of lakes, valleys and mountains, of which you can obtain a panoramic view from the refuges. The ascent of one of the most attractive, mythical and challenging Andean massifs in Patagonia. An unforgettable experience to explore oneself. Anyway we didn't have enough time so we took the 8 hours trekking to the base of the Lanin. Compositionally, volcanic rocks from Lanín Volcano are mainly basalts/basaltic andesites and dacites with scarce intermediate types. Postglacial pyroclastic deposits are also silicic and confirm a sharp bimodality of the magmas.
Its summit reaches 3,747 m a.s.l. and is 2,500 m above the surrounding ground level. It covers an area of about 220 km2
with an estimated volume of ca. 180 km3. Lanín volcano has a near conical shape with steep slopes partially covered by glaciers.
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The Headquarter of the Rangers of Volcano Lanin
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A nice picture with the rangers of Volcano Lanin
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February 19: Wake up at 7.00 a.m.. 9.00 a.m. departure from Junin de Los Andes for the lanin National Park. Arrival at Puerto Canoa (Inside the National Park of Lanin) at 10.40. The road is not in a very good condition we couldn't go faster. To make the trakking to the Base of the Volcano Lanin, we must recorder our name, our og check-in etc. That's free but you must to do it. You cannot check-in later than 11 a.m.
Pity that the weather was not very good.
Trekking Informations: They say 8 hours for the trekking but we did it in 5 hours 20 minutes (Return) - Total Distance 19.5 km. Moving Avg 4.9 Km Total Ascent 780 mt. The 1 way to the base of the Volcano Lanin is 9.5 km- Ascent 740 mt. We did it in 2 hours 35 minutes. The last part is the deeper.
The Bus Back for Junin de Los Andes was at 06.00 p.m. ( The Last one)
If you want to climb the volcano Lanin you should go to the other entrance but if you go by bus you'll arrive at 12.00 (noon) and the last check-in is at 11.00 a.m. so you should wait the next day to start the climb or at least the trekking to the Refugio. The total Climb to the top it takes around 3 days and it's partially ice climbing.
GPS Informations Waypoints and Coordinates about the Trekking of the Base of the Volcano Lanin:
Rangers Lanin: Gps Coordinate: S39 44.908 W71 29.988 (889 mt) - Base of volcano Lanin Gps coordinate (View point at 1673 mt) S39 40.899 W71 29.625
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Map of the trekking from the Rangers head quarter to the Base of Volcano Lanin
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